Tag: Rodel Teacher Council
Rodel Teacher Council Member Spotlight: Tim Brewer
News, Policy and Practice, Student-Centered Learning
October 14th, 2015
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a fly on the wall while a teacher explained the concept of “spaghettification” to a class full of teenagers, half of whom were listening raptly and the other half of whom were exploding with further questions? I got that chance a few weeks ago when I sat in on Rodel Teacher Council member Tim...VIEW ARTICLE
RTC’s Robyn Howton Named Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellow
News, Policy and Practice, Student-Centered Learning
September 21st, 2015
“Brandywine School District is extremely diverse in socio-economic background, gender, ethnicity, and academic achievement,” according to Robyn Howton, an 11th grade English teacher at Mount Pleasant High School in Wilmington. “As the AVID coordinator in my building, I work with students who have historically been denied access to...VIEW ARTICLE
Recapping the 2015 NNSTOY National Conference
News, Policy and Practice, Student-Centered Learning
August 12th, 2015
Last month, two members of the Rodel Teacher Council, Melissa Tracy and Michele Johnson, presented the RTC’s Blueprint for Personalized Learning at the National Network of State Teachers of the Year National Conference (Transformers: Innovating Education) in Salt Lake City, Utah. Read on for their reflections from the conference. The 2015...VIEW ARTICLE
Our Favorite Resources, Gadgets, and Gizmos from ISTE
Early Childhood Education, Student-Centered Learning
July 23rd, 2015
Three members of Rodel Teacher Council—Tim Brewer, Michele Johnson, and Michelle Wilson—attended this year’s ISTE* Conference & Expo, hosted earlier this summer in Philadelphia. The four-day conference, which attracted more than 15,000 attendees, centered on the idea of integrating technology in the classroom. We checked back with...VIEW ARTICLE